Peruvian festival in Peñascal
Melanie Giunta and Cristobal De Col won a historic QS - ALAS after four days of waves in the mythical wave of San Bartolo
The house made itself respected on the voluminous rights of Peñascal, after four days of championship yesterday Cristóbal de Col and Melanie Giunta, won the ALAS and QS that took place there.
With this result, De Col catapulted himself 80 places in the ranking, from 210 to 130, and confirmed that he is going through a fantastic phase, especially when the waves are strong: He won the international competition in Pico Alto, he won in La Herradura and now he won in Peñascal.
Meanwhile, Melanie Giunta, who is coming off her first QS win in Brazil, didn't waste much time and won two in one week. Peñascal's right-handers gave the goofy footer the space she needed to show off the power of her surfing. Giunta moved up three more spots in the rankings and now stands at 30th place.
The full results were as follows:
Men
1- Christopher Columbus
2- Lucas Silveira
3- Manuel Selman and Luel Felipe
5- Alonso Correa, Guillermo Satt, Gabriel Vargas and Wesley Leite
Ladies
1- Melanie Giunta
2- Anali Gomez
3- Mimi Barona and Natalia Escobar
5- Karol Ribeiro, Vania Torres, Julia Camargo and Leilani Aguirre
Barona was officially crowned, Chila must wait for the final stage in El Salvador
ALAS finally made official what was reported yesterday by DUKE and gave Mimi Barona the Latin champion trophy, no matter what happens in El Salvador, the Ecuadorian is the champion.
Regarding the men's title, if the final stage is two stars, Chila is champion, if it is three Samuel Igo of Brazil would only pass him by winning in El Salvador, provided that Chila has a bad result there.
Other results:
Women's longboard
Maria Fernanda Reyes (PER) 8.65
Ana Camila Kaspar (PER) 3.75
Carolina Thun (PER) 2.8
Fanny Villao (ECU) 2.3
Longboard Men
Tamil Martino (PER) 15.5
Benoit Clemente (PER) 14.85
Juan Jose Corzo (PER) 9.25
Jorge Vilchez (PER) 4.25
SUP Surfing Women
Vania Torres (PER) 8.5
Maria Celeste Ruiz (PER) 1.3
SUP Surf Men
Sebastian Gomez (PER) 11.25
Jose Gomez (PER) 10.85
Tamil Martino (PER) 10.1
Regarding the results in the youth category, it is not clear what happened, there are videos showing Venezuelan Oswald Moreno celebrating, but the ALAS website published the following:
Nicolas Diaz (CHI) 8.45
Juan Cruz (ARG) 8.25
Vicente Dias (CHI) 7.3
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